Dr Barbara Bolt
Senior Lecturer, Visual Media - Creative Arts
Qualifications
2002 Ph.D, Murdoch University; 1995 Masters of Arts (Art) with Distinctions, Curtin University; 1991 Bachelor of Arts (Visual Arts), Edith Cowan University.
Biography
Barbara Bolt is a senior lecturer in the School of Communication and Culture at the University of Melbourne. She is a practicing artist who has also written extensively on the visual arts. Her book Art Beyond Representation: The Performative Power of the Image (IBTauris, 2004) has received critical international acclaim. She has published an edited book Practice as Research: Approaches to Creative Arts Enquiry with Estelle Barrett (IBTauris, 2007) and he has had essays published in edited books including Differential Aesthetics: Art Practices and Philosophies: Towards New Feminist Understandings (Ashgate, 2001) and Unframed: The Practices and Politics of Women's Painting (IBTauris, 2004) and in refereed journals such as Hypatia, Womens Philosophical Review, Cultural Review and Social Semiotics. As an arts writer, she has also been published in Australian art magazines including Artlink, Eyeline, Craftswest and Real Time.
Barbara Bolt was awarded an Excellence in Teaching award at the University of Melbourne in 2005 in recognition of her adoption of an "innovative combination of visual arts practice and research in the revitalisation of the teaching of visual literacy". She has taken key findings from her creative arts research and has developed a pedagogical approach to teaching that integrates these understandings into her undergraduate programs.
Research student supervisions
| Gary Willis | PHD | Visual Media | current |
| Lucian Chaffey | PHD | Visual Media | completed |
| Simone Hine | PHD | Visual Media | current |
| Helen Martin | MCA | Visual Media | current |
| Rebecca Beris | MCA | Visual Media | completed |
| Dina Mittas | HONS | Visual Media | current |
| James Henry (Jim) Chambliss | PHD | Visual Media/Medicine | current |
| Jonathan Williams | PHD | Visual Media | current |
| Mystee Unwin | HONS | Visual Media | current |
| Sandra Hope Bridie | PHD | Visual Media | current |
| Naomi Merritt | PHD | Visual Media | current |
Publications
Books
- 2007 Barrett, E. and Bolt, B. (eds.) Practice as Research: Approaches to Creative Arts Enquiry, London: I.B.Tauris.
- 2004 Bolt, B. Art Beyond Representation: The Performative Power of the Image, I.B.Tauris, London.
- Bolt, B, Coleman, F, Jones, G and Woodward, A. (Eds) Sensorium: Aesthetics, Art, Life, Cambridge Scholars Press (forthcoming).
Chapters in books
- Bolt, B. 'The Techno Sublime: Towards a Post Aesthetic in Bolt, B, Coleman, F, Jones, G and Woodward, A. Sensorium: Aesthetics, Art, Life, Cambridge Scholars Press (forthcoming).
- Bolt B. 'The Magic is in Handling' in Barrett, E. and Bolt, B. Practice as Research: Approaches to Creative Arts Enquiry, London: I.B. Tauris: 27-34.
- Bolt, B. (2005) 'Queer Zine' In James T. Sears (Ed.), Youth, education, and sexualities: An international encyclopedia. Westport, CT: Greenwood Publishing Group: 685-688.
- Bolt, B. (2004)'Painting is Not a Representational Practice' in Unframed: The Practices and Politics of Women's Painting, Ed. R. Betterton. IBTauris, London.
- Bolt, B. (2000)'Working Hot: Materialising Practices', in Differential Aesthetics: Art Practices and Philosophies: Towards New Feminist Understandings, Eds P. Florence and N. Foster. Ashgate Press, Aldershot: 315 - 332.
Journal articles
- Bolt, B. (2006) Materializing pedagogies. Working Papers in Art and Design 4
Retrieved <30th October 2006> from URL http://www.herts.ac.uk/artdes/research/papers/wpades/vol4/bbfull.html, ISSN 1456-4917. - Bolt. B. (2006) 'A Non Standard Deviation: Handlability, Praxical Knowledge and Practice-led Research', Speculation and Innovation, , special issue: Speculation and Innovation: Applying Practice Led Research In the Creative Industries Conference RealTime Arts Vol 74 August-September Queensland University of Technology, Australia, www.speculation2005.net/.
- Bolt, B. (2006)'Rhythm and the Performative Power of the Index: Lessons from Kathleen Petyarre's Paintings' in Cultural Studies Review, Vol 12, No 1: 57-64.
- Bolt, B. (2004) 'The Exegesis and the Shock of the New' in Text Special Issue Website Series, Number3 April, Illuminating the Exegesis,
http://www.griffith.edu.au/school/art/text/speciss/issue3/content.htm. - Bolt, B. (2002) 'The Techno-sublime.' Refractory Electronic Journal
- Bolt, B. (2002) Lo Tecno-sublime
http://teknokultura.rrp.upr.edu/teknosphera/tecnosublime/tecnosublime.htm. - Bolt, B. (2001)'The Unremarked Representationalist Pre-conceptions of Art Education in Australia.' Australian Art Education, vol, 24, No. 1, 18-21.
- Bolt, B. (2000) 'Working Hot: Materialising Practices'. In Women's Philosophical Review, Special Issue on Aesthetics, No 25, 86-107.
- Bolt, B. (2000) 'Shedding Light for the Matter' Hypatia vol.15, no 2 (Spring), 203- 216.
- Bolt, B. (1999) Queer zine inter/erupts the endurance of ideas: Reviewing Australian Queer and Queer Media' Social Semiotics Vol 9, No 2 pp.285-290.
- Bolt, B. (1997) 'Im/pulsive practices: painting and the logic of sensation' in Social Semiotics, Vol 7, Issue 3, December 1997, pp. 261-268.
Artistic practice
Solo exhibitions
- 2007 All that is solid melts into air, McCulloch Galleries, Melbourne.
- 2004 Art Beyond Representation, fortyfivedownstairs, Melbourne.
- 2002 The Techno-sublime, Noosa Regional Gallery, Queensland.
- 1997 Shedding Light, New Collectables, Fremantle.
- 1995 Cleavage, The Door Gallery, Fremantle.
- 1995 Excessive Practice - Portraiture as Performance, Fremantle Arts Centre.
- 1994 On Reflections, New Collectables Gallery, Fremantle.
- 1993 Rumplestiltskin, Fremantle Arts Centre, Fremantle.
Selected group exhibitions
- 2003 Paper Matters, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Perth.
- 2003 Women's Work: Aspects of Female Art Practice in Twentieth Century Australia, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Perth.
- 2003 Heat, Noosa Regional Gallery, Noosa.
- 2003 Pixels and Paint, University of Sunshine Coast Art Gallery, Sunshine Coast.
- 2002 Ordering the Body, Lawrence Wilson Art Gallery, Perth.
- 2001 Finalist, Warrnambool Environmental Art Prize, Warrnambool Regional Gallery, Warrnambool.
- 1999 Technics Touring Exhibition, Western Australia.
- 1998 Technics, Craftswest Gallery, Festival of Perth Exhibition.
- 1996 Finalist, Portia Geach Portrait Prize, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney.
- 1996 Out of the Frame, Tin Sheds Gallery, Sydney.
- 1995 Finalist, Portia Geach Portrait Prize, SH Ervin Gallery, Sydney.
- 1995 Women and the Law, Lawrence Wilson Gallery, 1995 Festival of Perth Exhibition.
- 1995 Practice/Theory as Situated Knowledge, Exhibition/Forum, New Collectables Gallery Corp/o/realities, Court Hotel - assisted with a grant from The W.A. Department for the Arts.
- 1995 Finalist, Mark Howlett Drawing Prize, Perth.
- 1992 Feminisms, Perth Institute of Contemporary Art.
- 1991 Finalist, Portia Geach Portrait Prize.
- 1991 Finalist, Alice Prize.
- 1991 Winner - Open, Drawing, and Landscape sections, Kalgoorlie/Boulder Art Prize, Kalgoorlie.
- 1987 Fremantle Drawing Prize, Fremantle Arts CentrePublications
Critical reviews of creative practice
- Chandler, L. (2003) 'Immersive Encounters, Noosa Regional Gallery (October 11-28, 2002)' in Australian Art Review, Vol 2, July-August 2003, http://www.artreview.com.au/exhibitions/default.asp
- Martin-Chew, L. (2003) 'Barbara Bolt: Technosublime', Eyeline 50, summer 2002-2003: pp51-52
- Arnold, E. (1998) 'Diverse Trio gets Technical'. In Business Review Weekly, 23, February 1998, p.103
- McGrath, J. (1997) 'Shedding Light, watercolours by Barbara Bolt', In The Western Review, December 1997, p.19
- Ashburn, E. (1996) Lesbian Art: An Encounter with Power, Craftsman House, Sydney, 1996
- Bromfield, D. (1995) The West Australian, 23 September 1995
- Miller, S. (1995) 'Does it Hurt Your Knees?' In RealTime 7, Sydney, June/July
- Miller, N. (1995) The West Australian, 9 March 1995
- Miller, N. (1995) The West Australian, 16 February 1995
- Taylor, R. (1995) 'Tickling the Male Psyche: Visualizing Masculinities', Artlink, Adelaide, Vol 14 No 3, Spring 1994 pp.85-86.
- Bromfield, D. (1994) The West Australian, 8 October 1994.
- Barrett, E. (1994) 'Refiguring the Figure', The Western Review, Perth, October 1994.
- Miller, N. (1994) The West Australian, 21 Sept 1994.
- Barrett, E.(1994) State of the Art, Sept-Dec 1994.
- Hugo, J. (1993) A Spirited Place: 25 Years at the Claremont School of Art, Claremont School of Art: Perth.
- Miller, N. (1992) Feminisms. PICA, Perth.
- Bromfield, D. (1993) The West Australian, 15th May 1993.
- Bromfield, D. (1993) The West Australian, March 1993.
- Banks, R. (1993) The West Australian, 30th April 1993.
- Bromfield, D. (1992) The West Australian, 7th November 1992.
Representations in art collections
Artbank, Fremantle City Council, Woodside Petroleum, Joondalup Development Corporation, Kalgoorlie College, Central Metropolitan campus of TAFE, Murdoch University, Lawrence Wilson Gallery UWA, Curtin University of Technology, Edith Cowan University, University of Sunshine Coast.